Australia’s professional women soccer players will be given the same base pay as men in a one-year extension to a collective bargaining agreement.

Players in Australia’s W-League will have their annual minimum remuneration hiked 33 percent to A$16,344 ($11,400), with their base hourly rate matching the men’s A-League, Football Federation Australia and the players union said on Friday.

“We’re very proud that we have been able to anchor the minimum conditions for W-League players to those of A-League players,”
Professional Footballers Australia CEO John Didulica said in a statement.

“It’s a moment in time that the players should be proud of.”

The deal will reduce the gender pay gap in Australian football but male players stand to earn significantly more due to their greater time on the pitch.

The W-League’s regular season ran for 14 weeks in 2018/19, just over half the length of the A-League’s 27 rounds.

The announcement comes days after the PFA launched a campaign demanding global governing body FIFA increase prize money at the upcoming women’s World Cup to reduce the glaring gap with the men’s tournament.

Gender pay disparity in football was put in the spotlight in March when the U.S. women’s team sued their national federation for alleged gender discrimination three months before their World Cup title defense.

Australia has become a global leader in championing better pay and conditions for female athletes in recent years, after having largely neglected women’s sport for decades.

Australia’s contracted women cricketers were given the same base hourly pay rate as men in a five-year collective bargaining agreement struck in 2017, although, like women footballers, they have far fewer opportunities to earn.

Source>>http://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/australia-passes-law-to-pay-male-and.html

Wonderful news.....afterall they go through same stress

Wow that is a really great news

If you dont want to migrate to Canada or USA.. Australia is the very best option..

Nice one..

Wonderful wonderfully can our girls go dia biko?

Hmmmmm. Those girls are made for life

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What kind of fvckery is this?

Does female matches generate the same viewership/sponsorship and revenue just as male matches to make both genders earn equal pay? This is absolute bulllshît

Nice move

na their problem be dat

Doesn't make sense. When you do this, you ruin sports. Market forces; supply and demand is the fundamental driver of any industry or business. Women models earn way more than their men counterparts; because female beauty sells more. Even men prefer to see female models than fellow men models. Likewise men earn more in sports because it's base largely on athletism and strength where men dominate due to their high testesterone; more competitive and fun to watch. Even women prefer to watch men sports than fellow female sports. Have you ever seen all women gather like men to watch female sports? No, but they will gather to watch female model or celebrity like Kardashian; to pick up one or two styles. Let the free market fundamentals drive the industry! This issue was a hot topic in US years back, since US is largely a capitalist economy, the NBA and other sports refuse to bulge, insist "men earn more because of high views. If the women get their views high, they earn more too. Simple"

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ursullalinda:
Wonderful news.....afterall they go through same stress

Do they generate the same revenue?

Nice one.

In some countries, the female teams are known to bring more glories to the country than their male counterparts.

Very encouraging for aspiring female footballers.

good for them

Watch Nigerian female footballers begin to migrate to Australia

ursullalinda:
Wonderful news.....afterall they go through same stress

That's the kind of news you will like as if they generate the same amount of revenue.

Senseless stupidity by the Australian government.
Female football doesn't bring half the revenue the male footballers bring, meaning the government is gonna use male football revenue to pay the females!

Hopefully male and female models will be paid equally too.
Rubbish

ursullalinda:
Wonderful news.....afterall they go through same stress

Wonderful news, really but they don't go through same stress. Trust me. I also hope this will apply to other areas, including modelling.

Satan66:
Senseless stupidity by the Australian government.
Female football doesn't bring half the revenue the male footballers bring, meaning the government is gonna use male football revenue to pay the females!

Hopefully male and female models will be paid equally too.
Rubbish

I swear. Very stupid move

Well, I think the female folks deserve it. They put in as much work.

This world is a mess
How many people watch women's league?

Australia, you impress me..

I know someone play for female

I will reserve my comments until I know where the funding is coming from.

FactBoyz:
If you dont want to migrate to Canada or USA.. Australia is the very best option..

Nice one..

Hope the weather is good??

FactBoyz:
If you dont want to migrate to Canada or USA.. Australia is the very best option..

Nice one..

No, Nigeria.
Migrate to Nigeria.